Sansa m250 playlists

I can create playlists via Quintessential Player. I drag them and mp3 files to Sansa m250. Start M250, select the playlist I want, press play and get "no files". Have also tried "send to' feature on Quint player. Tried 'send to' for Playlist and Mp3 files to Sansa but still get 'no files' when trying to play the list.

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) Tap your menu button and select "Settings" > "USB".2) On this screen, make sure that there is a check next to "Auto Detect" and NOT "MSC".

Note: Music that was transferred to the player in "MSC" (Mass Storage Class) mode will not be accessible once the player is put into MTP mode.

However, the music can still be accessed by switching the player back to MSC mode.

To transfer a playlist using Windows Media Player version 10:

- Make sure device is showing as an "audio device" and in MTP mode- Create a playlist by right clicking a song in the library, add to>additional playlists>new or by saving a now playing list- Select the Sync tab and click "Sync settings"- Check "Synchronize device automatically"- Set "View" to "All Playlists"- Place a check next to the playlists they want to transfer to device- Media Player should then sync those lists once you hit OK.
Once you Sync for the first time a new folder "Playlists" will appear in your m250 using Windows Explorer. Once that folder is created you can even use Windows Explorer alone to create playlists, all you have to do is right click on a song and choose create a playlist. Double click on playlist > Reference Tab, on the window you simply drag and drop your songs.

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Solution 1
In the Sansa drive in Windows Explorer select the songs that you want in the playlist. Right click and create playlist. You can do minimal playlist editing through the playlist file properties. Drag files to the references tab to add files.
There is a free playlist creator which creates playlists for each folder on the sansa player with one click. it is written in .NET and does not alter the music files (http://www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at/staff/cp/playlist_creator.zip).
There is also one written in Python that should work on both linux and Windows (http://people.ifm.liu.se/yohell/make_playlists.py).Solution 2
Try Musicmatch Jukebox or MediaMonkey. Both of those should be able to create a music library using only files from the device. Then sort them by artist and album, and delete them from the library, deleting the files as well. Transfer new files to the device as files (MSC USB mode on the player), not by syncing. You can create a new music library on the fly if you've made extensive changes. It doesn't take much time. Playlists should not contain drive letters or folder names, so edit them in Notepad, unless you have an app that makes them on the fly (suggestions?).
You can keep your main database in MediaMonkey, and open the Sansa device (see the plus and click on it). You'll be able to delete files from there. But if you double click on a song on the Sansa device, the wrong song will play. Dunno why, but that's what happens on my computer. But deleting files works.Solution 3
Rename all your tracks so artist (look for batch renaming feature in your software. Add example of freeware editor?), album and song name is in the file name. That won't be visible in the player, but can aid administration if you use the player in MSC mode.Solution 4
A how-to for using Windows Media Player and syncing to make playlists can be found here.added by thatsRich 04-08-06 - I was having trouble sorting on my Sansa m250 using drag and drop with basic file management for mp3s. After seeing this article, I tried Windows Media Player (version 10) and found that perfect for the job. Since you can drag mis-sorted files in the left pane, they "sync" in proper order.

Creating PlaylistTo create a playlist for Windows Media Player, follow these steps:1. Launch Windows Media Player.2. Clear the List pane by clicking the Clear List pane button.3. Click the arrow below the Library Tab then select Create Playlist.4. Type in the name of your Playlist.Loading Content 145. Click Songs from Library then drag them from the Details pane to the ListPane.6. To rearrange the songs, drag them up or down in the List pane.7. Click Save Playlist.Transferring PlaylistsTo transfer playlists to your Sansa player, follow these steps:1. Connect your Sansa player to the computer.2. Select Sync digital media files to this devices using Windows MediaPlayer on initial connection.3. Right-click on Your Sansa Player, then select Set Up Sync.Loading Content 154. Select Personal Playlists from the drop down menu on the left pane.5. Highlight the playlists you want to transfer to your Sansa player, click Add,then Finish.6. Synchronization will start as soon as you click Finish. To see the Syncprogress, click on Sync Results.

Alright, well if you are adding songs to your MP3 player by using Windows Media Player, you can create playlists there, sort the songs into what playlists you want them in, right click the playlist, and click "add to sync list".

If you are manually copying and pasting the music into the mp3 player (that's how I do it) it's a little less obvious... For me there are three main folders: Music, Playlists, and RECORD. So we want to go to the playlists folder. In there, assuming you have at least one playlist already, you can copy and paste it, naming it something else and changing its properties as you see fit (right click -> properties). To add songs to the playlist, you go to it's properties, and under the references tab, drag the music files from wherever you have them stored and drop them in the references tab. This won't move your music, it'll just add them to the playlist. and.... guess that's about it. Hopefully that helped.